
Midsummer night, 1894, in northern Sweden. The complex strictures of class bind a man and a woman. Miss Julie, the inexperienced but imperious daughter of the manor, deigns to dance at the servant's party. She's also drawn to Jean, a footman who has traveled, speaks well, and doesn't kowtow. He is engaged to Christine, a servant, and while she sleeps, Jean and Miss Julie talk through the night in the kitchen. For part of the night it's a power struggle, for part it's the bear... (Full plot summary below)
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Midsummer night, 1894, in northern Sweden. The complex strictures of class bind a man and a woman. Miss Julie, the inexperienced but imperious daughter of the manor, deigns to dance at the servant's party. She's also drawn to Jean, a footman who has traveled, speaks well, and doesn't kowtow. He is engaged to Christine, a servant, and while she sleeps, Jean and Miss Julie talk through the night in the kitchen. For part of the night it's a power struggle, for part it's the bearing of souls, and by dawn, they want to break the chains of class and leave Sweden together. When Christine wakes and goes off to church, Jean and Miss Julie have their own decisions to make.
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| Mr. ShowbizF.X. FeeneyThough modest in scale, this romantic gem constitutes yet another superb leap in the evolution of Figgis' career. |
| Miami HeraldPhoebe FlowersFiery but turgid adaptation of the 1890 August Strindberg play. |
| Portland OregonianShawn LevyEffectively cast and shot with exciting immediacy. |
| TV Guide MagazineKen FoxA torrid and surprisingly cinematic chamber piece. |
| Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumFiggis never frees the play enough from the stage to fill the screen. |
| Baltimore SunAnn HornadayHis [Director Mike Figgis's] techniques do make the film at least watchable. |
| San Francisco ChronicleEdward GuthmannAn arid, uninvolving film that suffers from Burrows' miscasting as the vain Julie. |
| Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasFiggis remains a compelling storyteller, holding you with the intensity of his vision and his mastery of nuance. |
| New York Daily NewsJack MathewsA brutally claustrophobic battle of wits and will, whose cruel nature ultimately seems to turn on the audience. |
| The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe dialogue may be crisply idiomatic, but there's finally nothing realistic about the speed with which the characters hurtle through their mood swings and power plays. |